The Ezra Cornell reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004
(provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Ezra Cornell

For thoughtful child sponsors
Ezra Cornell (1807December_9, 1874) was an American businessman. He made his fortune in the telegraph business as an associate of Samuel Morse and as a founder of Western Union. With Andrew Dickson White, he founded Cornell University in 1865.